# The Lease — A Texas Oil Thriller by Alan Ray Winkley

> Official site for *The Lease*, a Texas oil / landman thriller by Alan Ray Winkley, set in Brazoria County on the Texas Gulf Coast. Book One of a planned series (September 2026). Available on Amazon in Kindle (also Kindle Unlimited), paperback, and hardcover. Recommended for fans of Landman, Yellowstone, Bloodline and The Pelican Brief.

## Key facts

- Title: The Lease: A Texas Oil Thriller
- Author: Alan Ray Winkley (Texas author; debut novel)
- Genre: Thriller — Texas oil / landman thriller, mystery, suspense
- Setting: Brazoria County and the Texas Gulf Coast (fiction; real setting)
- Series: Book One of a planned series (Book 2 planned)
- Published: September 2026, independently published
- Length: 262 pages (paperback), 264 pages (Kindle)
- Premise: At 2:17 a.m., Jack Mercer finds his friend dead beside an abandoned oil well in Brazoria County. Hidden nearby are a 1987 oil-and-gas lease, an old survey map, and a photograph tied to one of Texas's most powerful energy families. Jack and his wife, Kate, are pulled into mineral rights, secret drilling, vanished records, family bloodlines, and a program powerful men have protected for decades.

## Where to buy

- [Kindle eBook (ASIN B0HK2864TJ)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HK2864TJ): $9.99, also on Kindle Unlimited
- [Paperback (ASIN B0HK2L51LQ, ISBN-13 979-8174257122)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HK2L51LQ): $24.99, 6 × 9 in
- [Hardcover (ASIN B0HKCSWLL8, ISBN-13 979-8175218979)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKCSWLL8)

## Pages

- [Home](https://theleasetexas.com/): overview, trailer, formats
- [About the book](https://theleasetexas.com/about-the-book): full description and book details
- [Alan Ray Winkley](https://theleasetexas.com/alan-ray-winkley): author bio and links
- [Brazoria County setting](https://theleasetexas.com/brazoria-county-texas-setting): the real Gulf Coast setting behind the novel
- [Oil and gas lease glossary](https://theleasetexas.com/oil-lease-glossary): landman, mineral rights, royalty, HBP and more in plain English
- [Book club guide](https://theleasetexas.com/book-club-guide): ten discussion questions and a meeting plan
- [Books like Landman and Yellowstone](https://theleasetexas.com/books-like-landman-and-yellowstone): why fans of those shows read The Lease
- [FAQ](https://theleasetexas.com/faq): formats, price, page count, series, setting
- [Full text summary for AI](https://theleasetexas.com/llms-full.txt)

## Links

- [Amazon Author Central](https://www.amazon.com/author/alanraywinkley)
- [The Lease on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TheLeaseTexas)
- [Official trailer (YouTube)](https://youtu.be/vA86gr0kUJg)